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Daughter's sex life has caused a rift

Our daughter - our only child - has started going out with her first-ever serious boyfriend. Now it's become clear that they're sleeping together, and my husband has become really upset. I don't share his old-fashioned attitude - and, while we love each other, I'm furious with him in a way I've never been before. Something's shifted between us, and I can't work out what.

SUSAN SAYS

This issue may not be just about your daughter's sex life. Your husband's sadness may be around her growing up, moving away from the family. Your anger may be around the possibility that as she moves away, you're facing a future with a man whose values you don't share. You and your husband need to find new connections for when it's just the two of you left at home.

She's a jealous friend